The Good Life (TV Series)

Mutiny (1976)

Richard Briers: Tom Good

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Quotes 

• [Jerry, Barbara and Tom have been to see the musical society's production of The Sound of Music] 

  Tom : I mean... I mean... That *was* The Sound of Music wasn't it?

  Jerry : Possibly.

  Tom : I wondered. For a moment I thought we'd strayed into the Folies Bergères.

  Barbara : You mean the sunrise scene where all the nuns realized they were in see-through habits?

  Tom : Yes. I never really believed in them after that. Why did Margo sing Maria?

  Jerry : It's the name of the character she was playing.

  Tom : I know, but I thought the song came from West Side Story.

  Barbara : It did.

• Margo : The people who have moved in next door to you are charming.

  Tom : Yes?

  Margo : That's it, that is the good news.

  Barbara : But they only moved here yesterday. You were in there a bit quick.

  Margo : I was not in there a bit "quick*ly*". Adverb, Barbara.

• Tom : Is this the stars' dressing room?

  Margo : Oh, Tom, Barbara. Do come in.

  Barbara : We couldn't afford a telegram, so we made you that.

  [gives her a home-made good luck card] 

  Margo : Oh, how kind.

• Tom : Oh, now, come on, Margo. We saw some of the cast on our way round here. They looked very, very good. Except for a kid with a runny nose.

  Margo : I detest that child. With his nose running on one side, and the Baron's lederhosen squeaking on the other, I shall go to pieces. I know I shall.

• Tom : [Tom and Jerry have been playing golf with Sir]  Hello, girls. Had a nice gossip?

  Barbara : No, we've been playing strip poker with the postman.

• Tom : [to Margo]  Why did you sing 'Maria' from West Side Story?

• Tom : Just tell me one thing, will you? When you say "If Jerry has learned his lesson," you mean if he comes crawling back on all fours, licks your boots and says sorry for being a naughty boy?

  Andrew : Yes, I suppose I do in so many words.

  Tom : Cor! And just what the hell do give him back in exchange?

  Andrew : $18,000 a year, an expense account and a company car. Good night.